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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C'. C. PEGK 8v W. H. CHAPMAN.

ELECTRIC MOTOR.

No. 309,562. Patented Deo. 23, 1884.

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C. C. PEGK 8v W. H. CHAPMAN.

ELECTRIC MOTOR. No. 309,562. Patented Deo. 23, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. PECK AND \VILLIAM H. CHAPMAN, OF MIDDLEBURY, VER- MONT, ASSIGNORS TO THE CHAPMAN ELECTRIC MOTOR COMPANY,

OF NEV YORK.

ELECTRIC MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,562, dated December 23, 1884.

Application filed December l, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, CIIAELEs C. PEGI; and WILLIAM H. CHAPMAN, citizens ot the United States, residing at Middlebury, in the county of Addison and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Electric Motor, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention relates to an improved method of applying the principle described and illustrated in the patent for electric magnetic motor issued to us December 19, 1882, and also in other subsequent patents, viz., bringing an armature in contact with a magnet by rolling one upon the other.

Our present improvement consists, chietly, in the arrangement ot' two or more magnets or armatures in a circle, and of one or more armatures or magnets adapted to roll on the surfaces of the former, and so adjusted as to produce a continuous rotary motion of a sha-it to which one group, either of the magnets or armatures, is attached.

The principal objects of this invention are, rst, to utilize the whole attractive force of each magnet by causing it to be exerted until its armature comes in contact with it, thus diminishing` the number of reversals of the current required to do a given amount of work, and thus also utilizing the force eX- erted by the magnetduring the last portion ci the armatures approach, which is proportionally much greater than that exerted in any other part ofthe magnetic field, second, in like manner and for similar reasons, to diminish the amount otl magnetic material required to do a given amount of work. Small magnets are much more powerful in proportion to their weights than large ones, and it is advantageous, other things being equal and within certain limits, to increase the power of a machine by increasing the number of magnets used in it, rather than by increasing the size of each; third, so to arrange the machine that the magnets and armatures, by their mutual adjust1neut,shall constitute a commutator.

To accomplish these results we employ the mechanism described in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an end View of one end of the machine. Eig. 2 is an end view of the other end ofthe machine and its connections. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of one of the rolling magnets with its contact-springs and bindingscrew. It is marked 1, because the lettering of the connections is that of the connee tions of 1; but all the rolling magnets are alike iu section. Eig. d is a sideelevation of one of the armatures. Itis marked 9, because the .numbering of the connections is that of 9; but all the armatures are alike in section. Fig. 5 is an end view of the same. Eig. Gis aplan View of two of the armatures as they appearlooking from above upon the curvilinear surfaces which come in contact with the rolling magnets. The arrows show the direction in which the contact moves over the surface. Fig. 7 is alongitudinal cross-section ot' the shaft and drums C and C', to which the armatures are secured. On each end of this shaft there is room for a fly-wheel. Fig. 8 is a diagram showing the course ofthe electric current,and is lettered to correspond with the end shown in Fig. 2.

A is a cheek-piece or standard, mounted firmly upon a base, B.

1 2 8 et 5 6 7 8 are eight electro-magnets, spoolshaped,with cylindrical heads, the coils around which are wound in the same direction. Each revolves upon its own axis ofrotation.

XVhenever in this specification the word electro-magnet is used as applicable to any part of this apparatus, it refers to one of these cylindrical headed magnets, which on the drawings are numbered from 1 to S, unless otherwise indicated.

C and C are wheels or drums, made of hard rubber or other insulating material, and set upon one axis. The axis o" these wheels E is supported by the cross pieces or braces D and D', which are supported by the cheek pieces or standards A and A. These braces may be dispensed with and the magnet-heads be made with flanges. In this method of construction the magnet-heads themselves serve for bearings for the drums C and C. Around the periphery of each drum, and fastened rinly to it, are sixteen armatures, numbered, :respectively, l'roin 9 to 2l, both inclusive, cach ol which is itself an electro-magnet, but is not, for the sake of clearness, generally so designated in this spccilication, and each of which is separated from those on either side of it by non-magnetic material. The coils around these are all wound in the same direction as each other and in the same direction as the coils of the magnets l to S. The coils o'l these armatures are numbered 'from 9 to 24J, both inclusive, in Fig. 8. The arrows show the direction in which the current travels in cach coil, and the continuation of the line of each coil shows its connection with the two armatureheads with which it is connected. Thus, for example, when the connections and position ofthe machine are as shown in Fig. S, the current enters at T, passes through the wire f to t-he contact-sl'ning J, thence through the coil of 5 to the magnet-head of 5 at the end through which the wire of the coil has entered. Thence it enters the armature-head of armature 17, and there divides, one branch passing through the coil 17 around armature 17, and thence through wires tothe armature-head 1S, to which it is attached, and the other branch passing through the wire 71., leading to the coil 16 around armature-head lli. ln like manner all the armature-heads are connected, as indicated in Fig. S. These armatures are so adjusted and attached to the drum that the eX- terior curvilinear surfaces ot' their heads revolve with the drum and in successive contact with the cylindrical heads ot' the magnets l to 8, both inclusive. Fach ol' these curvilinear exterior surfaces l'orms an are ot' the same circle, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and The shape of the heads ol' the armatures is shown in Figs. l, 5, and (i. ik V-shaped projection at the side ot' cach iits into a V-shaped depression in the side ol'that next to it. The object ol' this is twofold: iirst, to maintain an unbroken peripheryT l'or the magnet to roll upon; second, to allow the magnets to come suddenly into contact with a considerable portion of the armaturehead, and thus reverse the eurient in the coil on said armature when the contact ot' the magnet wit-h it is fully established, and not before. To accomplish this latter object with the construction shown in the drawings, the movement ot' the line ot' contact of the rollingmagnets must be always lroin the points ot' the V- shaped projections; but-il' the machine is used as a generator of electricity, the motion ol' the jmagnets should properly be toward the points, instead oi' from them. This form of armatureheadispreterable, but not essential. The magnets should be electrically connected in two groups, the members ot" each group in multiple arc--that is to say, those ends of the wires coiled around l, 3, 5, and 7 which enter, as shown in Fig. 3, through the center of the magnet-head, should be electrically connected, and also the like ends of the wires on 2, el, 6, and

:,as shown in Fig. 8. One group should be electrically connected with one binding-post,

T, the other group with the other bindingpost, TC

The construction of the rolling magnets and contact-springs connecting therewith is shown in Fig. 3.

O and O are steel bearings upon which, as an axis ol" rotation, the magnet revolves. These are surrounded by hard rubber or other insulating material l and l.

(g Q and Q Q are the cylindrical heads ot' the magnet.

Through the bearing O in the center of the magnet-head is drilled a hole7 through which an insulated wire passes tothe coil surrounding the core ofthe magnet. At its endl) it is in contact with the contact-spring F. The other end ot the coil of insulated wire encircling the core ofthe magnet is soldered to the head Q at u. The contact-sp ring F forms part ot' the connection between magnets l and 3 in the manner shown in Fig. 3. At one end, b, as has been shown, it connects with the wire coiled about l. At the other end it is secured by the screw Y, and is clamped to an insulated wire, c and c', which encircles V. The part of the wire marked e leads to the contactspring L, to which it is clamped. The part ot' the wire marked c leads to the contactspring H, which is in like manner clamped by a binding-screw similar to 'V to the wire coiled around 3.

It, It', and lt are washers composed of ruh ber or other insulating material.

U is a rubber sleeve around the screw Y.

is a contact-spring which is in contact at one end, d, with the wire coiled around 2, just as F was in contact with the wire of l. At the other end it is firmly attached to an insulated wire, c and c, which also encircles V, and is insulated from c and c by the washer lt. The portion oi' this wire marked c leads to the contact-spring l. The portion marked c leads to the contact-spring N.

The screws Y', V, and Y are similar in construction to V. In like manner all the rolling magnets are connected in alternating groups, ashas been shown. l.' and L" andZand Z are the wires through which these connections are made. ln the diagram 8, i'or greater simplicity, l is not shown.

The method oivl connection shown in Fig. 2 is that which we have l'ound most convenient in construction. The insulated wire coiled around the iirst armature, 9, is attached at its inner end to the iron core of that armature and at its outer end to the iron core ofthe second armature, 10. The inner end ofthe second armaturecoil is likewise attached to its iron core and its outer end to the iron core ofthe third armature, ll, and. so en around the circle till we come to thelastone, 2i, which has its outer end attached to the iron core of the iirst armature, and so the circle is completed. The coils on all the armatures are thus connected end to end around the circle, and we have a continuous electric conductorarranged, generally, inthe form of a circle. This conductor l is insulated for the most part, but is laid bare at equal intervals for the purpose of admitting an electric currentto it. For convenieneethe portions thus nninsulated are attached to the iron core ot' the armatures, one nninsulated t portion to each core. For the proper working ofthe machine represented in the drawings, the quantity ot` current traversing' each one of the armaturecoils 5 should be thesame, and we will now consider howthisis accomplished. it'theeircularcondnctor were divided into two parts by a diameter, and the electric current admitted at an i nninsulated portion at one end of that diaml eter, and allowed exit by an uuinsulated poi`- l tion at the other end ofthe diameter, it is evil dent that the current can take two courses l one on each side ot' the diameter. lt would accordingly divide and take the two courses l according to a well-known law, so that il' the l two sections ofthe circle are alike. the portion l ot' the current passing through each will be the l same-or, in other words, halt' the current goes one way and haltthe other way. New, it' in4 ,l stead ot' two, we have four sections, each seci tion being connected at one end with the positive pole of a battery and at the other end with the negative pole, there will be vtour equal t courses for the current to take, and it' we have eight sections, there will be eight equal courses for the current, and so on for any number.

In the machine represented in the drawings the circle ot` armature-coils is divided into eight sections by the points of contact ot' thc eight magnets. Through lour ot' these con tacts the current enters the eight sections, the ends ot' two sections coming together at each contact, i and through the other tour it goes ont from the eight sections. Thusthe current i is divided into eight equal parts in the circle l of armatnrecoils, one part passing through l cach section, and in this particular machine each section is made up ot' two armatuieeoils, l through which the one-eighth part or subdivision ot' the current passes in series. There might be any number ot' armatures in the circle divided into eight sections, provided such numberbesomemultipleol'cight. .iheseveral sections would in every case be connected in multiple arew. c., they l'urnishso many equal and parallel courses i'or the current to divide into-but the several members in each section are in seriesand the one-eighth subdivision ot' the current traverses each ot' them in succes l sion. New, since each contact otI a magnet with the armature-cirele makes a connection with two sections ot' armaturecoils, one on l each side ot' the magnet, and since each sec tion of armzlrtnre-coils has-a one-eighth snbdii vision ot' the current passing through it, it is evident that each magnet has one-tourth ofi the total current traversing its coil, for the l current has to traverse the coil in each magl net before it can reach the point oteontact between magnet and armature.

It is a well-known fact that the magnetic 3 tinues through the coil l0 and to ll.

potential ol an electro-magnet is, within certai n limits, proportional to the number ot' couvolutions ot' wire wrapped around it. It is also proportional to the current traversing the coil.

In order that two electro-magnets should not stick together when like poles are presented to each other, the potentials ofthe two must be very nearly alike, and should be ex actly alike in order to get the lull et't'ect of re pulsion.

In the machine represented in the drawings we have one-tonrth of the total current passing through each magnet, and one-eighthot the total current passing through each armature, and therefore we put tiner wire on the armature and have twice as many eonvolutions on I each armature as onl each magnet, and this makes the potentials otI the two very nearly or exactly alike, and so avoids all back-pull and obtains the t'orceot' repulsion. Then the current from the battery or other source of power enters the contact-springot one of the revolving magnets with which the battery is connected, shown in Fig. l, one-quarter ot' it passes through the coil ot' each of the rc volving magnets ot' that group connected as hereinbet'oredescribed. At'terpassingthrough each magnetcoil and thenceto the cylindrical magnet-head, it passes thence to the line ot' contact between the magnet and the armaturehead and there divides again.

One branch enters the inner end ot' the coil of the armature with which it is in contact, and passes through the coil to its outer end, and thence to the inner cud ol' the armaturc-coil next back i'rom it, (referring to the direction in which the contact moves.) The other branch passes trom the armature with which the mag net-head is in contact through the wire connecting it with the outerend ofthe coil ofthe armature next in t'ront of it, (referring also to the direction in which the contact moves.) Thus l'rom the head ot' n'iagnet l it passes to armature t) and there divides, one branch going through the coil J around S), and the other branch through the coil 2t to 2t. After passing through one group ot` magnets it passes through the other, and thence to the battery or other source ot' power, thus completing the circuit. Thus, l'or example, when the machine is in the position shown in Fig. 8, the currentl'rom l passes through 9 and there divides.

One branch passes through the coil 9 and thence to l0. This is not in contact with any magnet-head, and the current therefore con- There it is met by current in the same direction, which has passed from 3 through 13, 12', l2, and ll, and these two branches unite in llV and pass into the magnet-head 2, which is electrically connected, as has been shown, with ft, 6, and S. Similar action simultaneously takes place throughout the groups of magnets and armatures.

The magnetic condition resulting i'rom the action thus described is as follows: Consider- IOO Ll E309,

ing one endet the machine, alternate magnets are of like polarity, and the intermediate magnets are also oi" like polarity to each other, but opposite to the first. The circle of armatures is divided bythe contacts of the magnets with it into as many sections as there are magnets. Each section is made up of armatures oi' like polarity to each other, but ot' opposite polarity t0 those in the next section. Consequently, each magnet has a repulsive effect on all armatures in the section immediately on one side of it, and an attractive effect on all armatures in the section immediately on the other side of it, and these effects on all the armatures throughout the circle conspire to produce rotation in one direction.

The operation of the .machine is as follows: When it is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the cylindrical magnet-head oi' l of south polarity. The head ot' armature E) in contact with it is also of south polarity. That of armature Q-t is north. The magnet-head of" l repels 9 and attracts 2i. This brings 2st into contact with the head of 1. The connection between the coil of wire surrounding the core of 2t is now made through the armature-head, instead ot' through the outer end ofthe wire. The result is a reversal of the polarity ofthe armature-head, and it becomes south. At the same time that the polarity ol" 21a-has changed, and 'for a similar reason, the armature-heads ot' l0, l2, 14, 16, 1S, 20, and 22 have changed their polarity. l2, le, 20, and 2i have now become south, and l0, let, 1S, and 22 have become north. Each therefore ceases to be attracted by the magnet with which it has come in contact, and is repelled by it. Each comes at the same time within the magnetic iield of the magnet next in advance, and is attracted by it, while it is repelled by the magnet-head j ust back of it. Each armature has thus been attracted by one magnet while repclled by another, thus producing a continuous rotary motion ofthe wheels C and G', to which the armatures are attached, and ot' the axis E.

The polarity of each ma guet-head and armature at the instant shown in the position of Figs. l and 2, and also in the position shown in Fig. S, is indicated by the letters N for north7 and S for southj respectively. Of course the polarityof the head ot each magnet and armature at the end shownin Fig. l is the opposite to that of the head ofthe same at the end shown in Fig. 2.

The machinemight be so constructed that the magnets should be attached to a revolving wheel and the armatures remain without advance er retrogression, and permanent magnets might be substituted for the rolling electro-magnets l to S, (shown in the drawings5) but for practical purposes we think the'arrangement of parts shown in the drawings preferable.

The coils of the electro-magnetic armatures attached to the drums are so adj usted and cennected that as long as the head of any one armature is in contact with the head ot' any one ofthe magnets l to 8 the current through the coil around the armature moves in the same direction as the current through the coils of the electro-magnet with which it is in contact. The etfect of this is to make the armaturehead which is in contact with the head of the electro-magnet and the head ot' the electromagnet itself ot' like polarity. The coils ot` these electro-magnetic armatures are likewise so adjusted and connected that the current through that end of the armaturecoil which is not in contact with the head ot' its own armature passes to and around the armature next in succession in a direction the reverse of that in which the current passes round the armature next in advance. The result ot' this may be thus stated: Those two armatures which are next in succession to the armature in contact with a magnet-head are of a polarity the opposite of such magnet-head, and are therefore attracted by it. The armature which is next in advance of the same armature in contact with the same magnet-head andthe armature which is thus in contact are of the same polarity as such magnet-head, and are therefore repelled by it. Immediately after the contact between an armature-head and the electro-magnet head is broken the succeeding armature -head comes in contact with the magnet-head. This armature-head consequently receives the current from the magnethead with which it has thus come in contact, and not from the arn'niture-liead which has just ceased to be in contact with the magnethead. The polarity ot' the incoming armature-head is therefore reversed, becoming the same as that of the magnet-head with which it has thus come in contact. The armature next in succession retains the same polarity as before, because no change takes place in the direction ofthe currentaround it. It therefore still continues to be attracted by the head of the electro-magnet until, as both armatures continue their advance, the contact between the one armature-head and the magnet-head ceases, and that between the incoming armature-head and the magnet headis established, when at once the direction ot' the current round the incoming armature-head is reversed, and a series of phenomena similar to thosejust before described is again produced.

In the machine shown in the drawings the group of armatures is attached tothe shaft, and the iield magnets are adjusted so as to come in contact with the exterior surfaces of these armatures. The group of electro-magnets might be attached to the shalt and revolve inside the drums to which the group of armatures is attached, in that case making contact with the interior surfaces of the armatures. In that construction of machine the armatures might be stationary.

Yilhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. The combination, iirst, of two or more electro -magnetic armatures the coil around. each of which is connected. at one end with.

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the core of its own armature and at the other l end with the core of the next armature, thus forming a continuous conductor, with, second, two or more magnets, one head at least ot' each ol' which has a curved peripheral surface, each magnet turning on its own axis of rotation and coming in contact as it turns with the successive heads of the, electromagnetic arma tures.

2. An electro-magnetic machine consisting, first, of two or more electro-magnetic armatures the cores of which are insulated Vl'rom each other both inagneticallyand electrically, except through the coils around each, second, of two or more magnets arranged to come in successive contact with such electromagnetic armatures; and, third, of the coils ot' said armatures, the electric circuit of each coll heing completed through the heads ot' its cores and through the magnets and the directions ofthe currents in which circuits are reversed by the shifting ot' the successive contacts be tween the armatures and magnets, substantially as described.

3. A drum of non-magnetic material with electro-magnets attached thereto the cores ofwhich are insulated from each other both magnetically and electrically, except through the coils thereof, and the coil around each ot' which is connected at one end to the core of its own electromaguet and at the other end l to the core ofthe next electromaguet, sub l stantially as described.

'4. A cylindrical drum the periphery ot'l which is composed ot' several pieces ol" soft iron separated from cach other by noniuagnetic material, and Wrapped with conductingcoils ol" wire, in combination With one or more magnets having curved peripheral surl'aces adapted to roll on the periphery ot' said drum and come successively into contact with each ot' the iron strips, and a coinmutating device by which the electric current in the coil around each ol' said pieces ol' iron is reversed every time that piece ot' iron reaches a magnet.

5. rlhe combination ot' a series ot" electromagnets connected electrically in alternating` groups, so that the current shall enter and pass through all ol` one group, and from that group through all the other group, and thence back to its source, with ascrles of electro-magnetic armatures connected substantially as described, and forming part of the saine circuit, so that each armature-head shall be at the same time attracted by one magnet-head and repelled by another, and so, also, that each armaturehead shall be alternately attracted and repelled by one magnet-head.

Signed by us this 22d day ot' November, A.

D. 18GB.

CHARLES C. PEGK. W'M. II. GHAPMAX. fitnesses as to the signature of Charles C. Peek:

B, F. CnhncuILL, GEO. M. FLE'rcirEu. Titnesses as tothe signature of \Villiam H. Chapman:

HENRY C. FREEMAN, Harem) G. Con'ris. 

